Saeco spikes the coffee

Sometimes it would take a bomb to wake us up in the morning – or perhaps just a couple of stiff espressos. This new coffee maker from Saeco cunningly combines both.Looking like a sea mine on stilts (always a winner) the innocuously named Etienne Louis delivers two cups of our favourite fun size caffeine loaded drink from the base of its explosive charge.Concocted from the imagination of Swiss Designer Carlo Borer (no doubt after one too many cups of Costa Rican) the main bulk is the all steel sphere with the spike and legs hewn from polished aluminium – no shoddy plastic here.And should espresso not be your bag there is a frothy coffee steam pipe for making less head blowing brews. Now, where did we see that armoured toaster?Essentials Saeco Etienne Louis Price: £POA On sale: Now Contact: CB Industries Related stories: LG’s hi-def fridge LG makes alco-dreams come true Dualit makes toast of DAB

Dan Grabham Editor-in-Chief

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Dan is Editor-in-chief of Stuff, working across the magazine and the Stuff.tv website.  Our Editor-in-Chief is a regular at tech shows such as CES in Las Vegas, IFA in Berlin and Mobile World Congress in Barcelona as well as at other launches and events. He has been a CES Innovation Awards judge. Dan is completely platform agnostic and very at home using and writing about Windows, macOS, Android and iOS/iPadOS plus lots and lots of gadgets including audio and smart home gear, laptops and smartphones. He's also been interviewed and quoted in a wide variety of places including The Sun, BBC World Service, BBC News Online, BBC Radio 5Live, BBC Radio 4, Sky News Radio and BBC Local Radio.

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Computing, mobile, audio, smart home